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Is an expiatory offering (kaffarah) for breaking an oath obligatory for each instance of masturbation, or a single expiatory offering, for one who covenanted with Allah to abandon it and then broke that covenant?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Masturbation is forbidden, and whoever commits it must repent to Allah. The statement "And Allah is a witness to what I say" is not considered an oath unless the word of covenant is added to it (such as: I pledge to Allah). In that case, it is considered an oath, and if one does not fulfill it, a single expiation for breaking an oath is required, and it is not repeated with repeated breaches.

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